Chapter Nineteen

We waited around an hour until another officer joined us, he was also in normal clothes as he walked through the back door. I was worried he wasn’t a police officer at first, but he pulled out his badge that definitely calmed my nerves slightly. Austin rang while we were waiting, my phone was on silent though so I didn’t pick up. He left a message saying he hoped I was okay, I quickly sent one back telling him I was absolutely fine but my boss was taking his time.

“Does Austin know you’re doing this?” The first officer asks whilst the second was sorting all the papers out, which was also taking so long too!

“No, he thinks I’m talking to my boss about getting some time off due to this” I say pointing at my face, before I look down with a sigh. “Austin will act tough and pretend none of this scares him, but he’s terrified at what Markus could do. If he found out I was meeting with you, he’d tell me how dangerous this was and if Markus found out he’d kill us” I say still looking down at